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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
wisdom never devised so brief a record

which embraced so much. Human language

never set forth in so few words, so great a

volume of historical truth. The finger of God is

here. Let us heed the lesson well.

With what interest, as well as astonishment,

must the king have listened, as he was

informed by the prophet that he, or rather his

kingdom, the king being here put for his

kingdom (see the following verse), was the

golden head of the magnificent image which

he had seen. Ancient kings were grateful for

success; and in cases of prosperity, the tutelar

deity to whom they attributed their success,

was the adorable object upon which they

would lavish their richest treasures and

bestow their best devotions. Daniel indirectly

informs the king that in his case all these are